Make your money COUNT

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We will...

  • Keep council tax as low as possible - and spend it in a way that counts.

  • Commit to free blue and green bin collections, removing the current green bin charge.

  • Share overhead costs by collaborating with other local authorities.

  • Remove the councillors' second special responsibility allowance, introduced by Lib Dems in 2019.

  • Reduce consultancy fees currently paid at South Cambs District Council.

  • Focus spending on making a difference to residents.

News

Date for council’s 4-day week scrutiny meeting finally confirmed

The date for the special scrutiny meeting on South Cambridgeshire District Council’s 4-day working week has been finally confirmed after Conservative councillors intervened.It means the results of the council’s 4-day week will finally be released to the public.Lib Dem-run South Cambridgeshire Distri

4-day week council is a sick council, report finds

England’s only 4-day week council is a sick council, new reports show.Tonight councillors at Lib Dem-run South Cambridgeshire District Council will be discussing a report which shows sickness at the 4-day week council are in the red.According to the report, the council’s waste collection service los

Lib Dems vote against referendum on council’s 4-day week

Lib Dem councillors have voted against holding a referendum on a council’s 4-day week.Lib Dem-run South Cambridgeshire District Council has been running a 4 days’ work for 5 days’ pay scheme since January 2023 – meaning residents have paid for over 104 extra days’ holiday for council staff so far.At

Lib Dems snub call to give residents a say on council 4-day week

Lib Dems have snubbed calls to give residents a say on South Cambridgeshire District Council’s 4-day week scheme. The Lib Dem-run council has been working a 4-day week for over two years – with taxpayers footing the bill of 5 days pay for 4 days work.Conservative councillors called for a refere

Conservatives call for referendum on council four-day week

Conservative councillors are calling for a referendum on Lib Dem-run South Cambridgeshire District Council’s four-day week for five days’ pay.In the Conservative Group’s alternative budget proposals published today, councillors have called for the Lib Dem administration to trigger a referendum – ena

Conservatives call on Mayor to rethink Christmas consultation

Conservative councillors from Cambridgeshire and Peterborough have called on the Mayor to rethink his Christmas consultation.Mayor Dr Nik Johnson launched a public consultation on the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority’s budget which closes on Monday 23rd December.Local Conservative

Labour opens the door to Lib Dem four-day working week in UK

Labour have opened the door to the Lib Dem four-day working week in the UK, after dropping the Best Value Notice on Britain’s only four-day week council.Liberal Democrat-controlled South Cambridgeshire District Council worked 30 hours a week for 37 hours’ pay from January 2023.Despite the four-day w